Improved hay-eleyating apparatus



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menores HAY-ELEVATING APPARATUS.

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To ALL wHoM IT MAY coNcERN:

Be it known that JOSEPH F. NUGENT, of Cannonsburg, in the county of Kent, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hay-Elevating Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to' the accompanying draw ings, making a portion of this specification, in which-Y i Figure 1 is a side View of a hay-elevating apparatus madel according to my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same. h

`Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures. v

This invention relates to that class of hay-elevating apparatus designed, after elevating the h ay to the required height, to convey the same horizontally to deposit it upon the mow or iu the loft. The invention consists in a stop provided uponthe draught-rope, and so combined with a suitable carriage and track, that when the hay is lifted to the required height, the carriage will be automatically acted upon by the draught-rope to lcarry the hay horizontally, as just mentioned. The -invention further consists in a novel arrangement of' pulleys, pawls, and ratchets upon the carriage, and in relation with the draught-rope, whereby the too sudden descent of the fork or lifting-device attached to the latter is provided against. The invention further consists' in a novel combination of parts, whereby the descent, at the proper time, ofthe fork, or equivalent device, is secured.

To enable others to understand the construction and operation` of my invention, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

A represents a horizontal or nearly horizontal track, secured upon suitable supports within the barn or building in which it is designed to store the hay. `Situated uponthis track, and having a longitudinal movement thereon, is a carriage, B, in which are -three grooved pulleys, a, 6, c, placed vertically and in line with each other, and secured to so'me iixed support. At or near one end of the aforesaid track is another grooved pulley, oZ.` The draught-rope is shown at C, and is passed over the pulley d, then over the pulley c, under the pulley b, and over the one, a, whence it passes downward, and has attached to its extremity, at a*, a suitable fork or like lifting-device, as indicated in red outline in hg. l, and has provided upon'it, at a suitable distance from such fork vor device, a stop, e, which may be formed by simply tying a knot in the rope at the desired point.'

The cpposite end-portion ofthe draught-rope is carried downward from the pulley d,'underneath.a similar pulley,f, situated near the loor or the ground, and, when the apparatus is in-use, is tobe attached to a suitablewhiiiie-tree, operated by a horse or other'draug'ht-animal. When the draught-rope is thus drawn downward from the pulley d, the fork attachetkto the end ai", withl the hay thereon, is elevated until theistop e strikes the under side of the carriage B, whereupon the continued motion of the draught-rope draws the carriage, 'and of course the fork, or equivalent device, toward thepulley 0l, until, the desired' point being reached, the fork. is tripped, and its load dropped into the mow or place over which the carriage has'thus been brought. This being donethe` horse or draught-animal is caused to retrace his path, and the carriage, with its appurtenances,

brought back to its first position upon'the track A-,by'means of a cord orrope, E, attached thereto, passed over a suitable pulley, g, and having a weight, m, secured to its lowerend, the weightedcord E`thus serving to retract the carriage to its original positionafter each movement thereof, to carry the hay to its place of deposit.

Attached to one side of each of the pulleys, taub, c, is a'ratchet-wheel, the said wheels being marked respectively a', b, c,and shown more clearly-in dotted outline in iig. l; and pivoted eontiguously thereto upon.

or within the carriage B are three pawls a ,b eX, which work into the ratchet-wheels just mentioned, and the pivots of which are extended outward to one side of the carriage, that of the pawl 1X having attached to it a 'downwardly-extending lever-arm, n, and the others with crank-arms marked respectfully n 'n*, the extremities of the crank-arms being connected with the central part ofthe lever-arm by means of a forked connecting-rod,-

F, as shown more fully in iig. 1. A spring, r, is so arranged in relation with one of the crank-arms, as to so operate the said cranlnarms, together withthe lever-arm connected therewith, as to bring the several pawls ax, 6X, eX, in Contact or gear with their respective ratchet-wheels a', b', c. Fixed upon one side of the track A is a stud, s, against which the lower end of the'lever-arm strikes when the carriage returns toits original position,

`the purpose oi'pwhich will presently herein appear.

Whenthe draught-rope is opera-ted to elevate the hay toward the carriage, as herenbefore set forth, the

'ratchet-wheels ofthe pulleys rotate freely underneath their several pawls, thus permitting the proper and facile operation of the draught-rope in so raising the hay, but while the carriage is moving back to its first position, as hereinbefore fully explained, the pawls, catching in the ratchet-wheels, stop the rotation of their attached pulleys, so that the friction of the draught-rope upon the said three pulleys', around which it passes, prevents the descent of the fork or lifting-device attached thereto, until the carriage, reaching its original place upon the track A, brings the lower end of the lever-arm 7L against the stud a, whereupon the said levcr-arm is tilted and. brings the pawl ax away from its ratchet-Wheel at the Sametime that, acting through the forked connectin-rodA and crank-arms n', 11,*it raises in like manner the pawls 1J 0X of the-other ratchet-wheels, so that the pulleys a, b, c are ,enabledto rotate in a reverse direction, 'and thus permit the descent of the fork or equivalent device preparatory to lifting and carrying another mass of hay. y

What I claim as my invention, and (lesire to secure by Letters Patent, is A l. The stopte of the draught-ropeG, 4incombination with the carriage B and the track A, operating sul A stantially as and for the purpose specified. 1

2. The arrangement of the three pulleys with their accompanying pawls and ratchets upon the carriage B, and in relation with the draught-rope, substantially as and for the' purpose specified.

3. The combination of the lever-arm n,crankarms n', mi, connecting-rod-F, and stud s, with the pawls anfl .ratchets of the pulleys a, b, c of the carriage B, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH F. NUGENT,

Witnesses y RODNEY Dumme, JAs. NEDDER. 

